Sunday, October 23, 2005
Media Change Over Almost Over:
There are several phases to a change from one media format to another. The last two are fun but sad (sad because it has to end) for the collector of hard to find media, in my case animation, the next to the last phase is the rush to market with all of the Public Domain stuff in the new format. We saw that 30 years ago with video and we have been seeing it happening for the last year and a half with the 99 cent DVDs.
The Public Domain DVD phase looks like it is ended. Walmart is no longer carrying dollar DVDs and the 99 Cent Only Stores haven`t had anything new for ages. It has run its course. The vaults have been sacked and nothing new/old is coming forth. (not every thing I wanted made it to market - where are the Scrappy cartoons oh where are the Krazy Kats?)
Now comes the last phase, the sell off of the old media. My local Salvation Army has had bins and bins of videos for sale, sometimes as cheaply as 25 cents but currently 75 cents. The video stores are getting rid of their videos. Maybe they will be renamed DVD stores?
Now I am not letting go of my video technology (I don`t let go of my LPs and turntable either when that change over was taking place and man did I score some hard to find tunes). Let go of VHS, not now that the good stuff / the rare stuff / the cheap stuff is coming on the market.
I have never really bothered to pick up Fun and Fancy Free, not my favorite Disney piece. Too saccharin for my tastes. Bongo in particular was made for a time and taste that I have no connection with at all. But at 75 cents I am glad to add it to my collection.
I also picked up an awful lot of Tom and Jerry, Donald Duck, Pluto, and Huckleberry Hound cartoons. (not rare stuff, not hard to find, but not stuff I have bothered with adding to the collect until now when the price is right). My real find is in old horror flicks. I glommed onto a copy of Gargoyles a movie that I always thought had a lot to do with the great Disney animated series of the same name. Picked up a better copy of Them and picked up the under rated Frighteners. (Jackson`s next 3 movies did a lot better at the boxoffice)
My wife made the real score with 14 episodes of Star Trex in a boxed set. You know, the real ones with Spock and Kirk and the tacky special effects. So you guys just keep changing over and unloading your outdated media. Don`t worry about it. We will take care of your discards. We will be glad to take care of your discards! ¶ 12:21 PM
There are several phases to a change from one media format to another. The last two are fun but sad (sad because it has to end) for the collector of hard to find media, in my case animation, the next to the last phase is the rush to market with all of the Public Domain stuff in the new format. We saw that 30 years ago with video and we have been seeing it happening for the last year and a half with the 99 cent DVDs.
The Public Domain DVD phase looks like it is ended. Walmart is no longer carrying dollar DVDs and the 99 Cent Only Stores haven`t had anything new for ages. It has run its course. The vaults have been sacked and nothing new/old is coming forth. (not every thing I wanted made it to market - where are the Scrappy cartoons oh where are the Krazy Kats?)
Now comes the last phase, the sell off of the old media. My local Salvation Army has had bins and bins of videos for sale, sometimes as cheaply as 25 cents but currently 75 cents. The video stores are getting rid of their videos. Maybe they will be renamed DVD stores?
Now I am not letting go of my video technology (I don`t let go of my LPs and turntable either when that change over was taking place and man did I score some hard to find tunes). Let go of VHS, not now that the good stuff / the rare stuff / the cheap stuff is coming on the market.
I have never really bothered to pick up Fun and Fancy Free, not my favorite Disney piece. Too saccharin for my tastes. Bongo in particular was made for a time and taste that I have no connection with at all. But at 75 cents I am glad to add it to my collection.
I also picked up an awful lot of Tom and Jerry, Donald Duck, Pluto, and Huckleberry Hound cartoons. (not rare stuff, not hard to find, but not stuff I have bothered with adding to the collect until now when the price is right). My real find is in old horror flicks. I glommed onto a copy of Gargoyles a movie that I always thought had a lot to do with the great Disney animated series of the same name. Picked up a better copy of Them and picked up the under rated Frighteners. (Jackson`s next 3 movies did a lot better at the boxoffice)
My wife made the real score with 14 episodes of Star Trex in a boxed set. You know, the real ones with Spock and Kirk and the tacky special effects. So you guys just keep changing over and unloading your outdated media. Don`t worry about it. We will take care of your discards. We will be glad to take care of your discards! ¶ 12:21 PM
